Not all PBEM Games operating

[Paddy]

I am out bush this week, and am on a laptop that is operating version 1.22

yet is not opening all the pbem games which is strange

I am not sure what is going on

here is a screenshot of what is coming up, then the Civ program closes down

any ideas?

[Kloreep]

I assume you've checked the listed directory for files? What did you find?

Looks like a bad install to me.

[Paddy]

where can I check the list of files / directories of against?

and even reinstalled it several times

[Kloreep]

But was the file there? I'm wondering what you found in the directory.

BTW, I checked and my KnightDeath.wav file doesn't have a space (it isn't Knight Death.wav); could this be the problem? Maybe you just need to edit the .ini file for the Knight unit.

[Paddy]

ok, the above error message is just one of them that come up when I try to play these games

[Paddy]

and no the file was not there

sorry I understand your question now

[Kloreep]

Strange. Do you have any files in your unit folders at all?

And the re-install was removing both Conquests and Civ3 and then re-installing both, right?

[Paddy]

yes I have different files in there unit folders

yes I have fully removed Civ III and conquests and reinstaled both

[Kloreep]

You know, this is starting to sound familiar.

Did you do a full install of both Civ3 and Conquests?

[Paddy]

that is what I setup

familiar??

[Kloreep]

Familiar because IIRC some people were having problems with missing sound files when not doing full installs.

But if did a full install of both, I'm stumped. Sorry.

[Paddy]

cheers for your time Kloreep

the whole situation is a tad weird

ahh it will be good to get home to my own pc

[Modo44]

I'm assuming below, that the game was looking for a sound for the original Knight unit. If some other unit from a scenario was trying to access the Knight's sound, this one could get tricky.

If it's only one file missing, you should be able to fix it. The file itself can be exchanged for another with the same name (take any .wav from another unit in the "Civ3\Art\Units" folder). Or you could edit the Knight.ini file and put the correct sound file in it, if the name got messed up.

Look in the "Civ3\Art\Units\Knight" folder to find if other files are missing. If the folder is empty (i.e. has only Knight.ini in it, or has no .wav files in it), you're in trouble - sound and animation files should be there, along with the unit's .ini.

[edit]
Just checked the files in my Civ folders. It is "KightDeath.wav", without the space I see on your screenie. So, a corrupt .ini file might be causing problems.
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